Nomas

See also: nomas, NOMAS, and nomás

Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek νομάς (nomás); doublet of Numida.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈnɔ.mas]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈnɔː.mas]

Noun

Nomas m (genitive Nomadis); third declension

1. a nomad
2. Numidian

Declension

Third-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	Nomas	Nomadēs
genitive	Nomadis	Nomadum
dative	Nomadī	Nomadibus
accusative	Nomadem	Nomadēs
ablative	Nomade	Nomadibus
vocative	Nomas	Nomadēs

Descendants

• → Middle French: nomade
  • French: nomade
    • → Danish: nomade
    • → Dutch: nomade
    • → English: nomad
    • → Romanian: nomad
• → Portuguese: nómade

References

• “Nomas”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “Nomas”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “Nomas”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.